Tales from the Borderlands
Episodic story adventure with choices and reluctant partners on Pandora
Telltale Games · Published by 2K · Released Feb 16, 2021
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 94% of 20K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 100% of 51 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 21
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
What is Tales from the Borderlands?
This single-player adventure follows Hyperion employee Rhys and con artist Fiona on Pandora after a deal goes wrong. Across five episodes, you play from both perspectives, make story choices, use point-and-click interactions, and respond to quick-time prompts.
For you if...
- +you enjoy character-focused stories with humor and drama
- +you prefer episodic adventures over shooting and loot
Not for you if...
- −you want Borderlands-style shooting and loot
- −you expect choices to change the plot substantially
- −you dislike frequent cutscenes and timed button prompts
What players say
94% of 19,589 reviews are positive · 100% of 51 in the last 30 days
Players praise the writing, characters, humor, and music. Common complaints are limited hands-on play and choices that feel inconsequential; some players also find the controls and quick-time events awkward.
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Tales from the Borderlands system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 SP1 64-bit
- Processor
- Core 2 Duo 2GHz or equivalent
- Graphics
- ATI or NVIDIA card w/512 MB RAM
- Memory
- 3 GB RAM
- Storage
- 3 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
- Notes
- Not Recommended for Intel integrated graphics
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 35
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Age rating
- 17+
Steam Deck: Playable
- The native resolution is not the default one
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil.
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